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Q195626: FIX: Save As HTML Not Working Correctly with Double Data Types

Article: Q195626
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbvfp600 kbvfp600bug kbFFC kbVS600sp3fix kbGrpDSFox kbMiscTools1098fix
Last Modified: 31-JUL-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you use the GenHTML engine to save the contents of a Visual FoxPro table to
a .html file, any fields of the type double are not represented correctly in the
resulting .html file.

RESOLUTION
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The October 1998 Visual FoxPro 6.0 Gallery and FoxPro Foundation Classes (FFC)
update includes a new version of the GenHTML.prg file, which addresses this
problem. You can download the update from the following Web address:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/downloads/updates.asp

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.This bug was corrected in the October
1998 Visual FoxPro 6.0 Gallery and FFC updates.

-and-

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3.

For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following
articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

  Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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Run the following code:

  *!*  Create Sample Data
  CREATE TABLE testdata (data b(5))
  APPEND BLANK
  REPLACE DATA WITH 99999
  BROWSE NOWAIT
  *!*  Generate HTML and display in browser
  DO (_GENHTML) WITH 'Double Field',alias(),2

Note that the .html file displayed in the browser does not show any decimal
places for the data contained in the table.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbvfp600 kbvfp600bug kbFFC kbVS600sp3fix kbGrpDSFox kbMiscTools1098fix 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP600
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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